Bale-tie



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G. A. WELD.

BALE TIE.

No. 377,092. Patented Jan. 31, 1888- a. PEIEHS. Phwio-Ukhogribher.Wishingfin, 0.1;

d the construction of my bale-tie.

UNTTEE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE A. \VELD, OF W'INCHESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

BALE-TIE.

. JPE-CIPICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 377,092, datedJanuary 31, 1888.

Serial No. 234,262. (No model.)

To ctZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that l, GEORGE A. \VELD, of XVinchester, in the county ofMiddlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and usefulImprovementin Bale-Ties, of which the following, taken in connectionwith theaccompanying drawings, is a specification.

The object of my invention is to construct certain appendages which maybe applied to bags of ordinary constructionby but slight changesin thebag-and be adapted to closeup and secure the neck of the bag at the mostdesirable position. These appendages may also be used for securingbundles, &c. This object I attain by the mechanism shown in theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is an elevation showing a bagopen with my device attached. Fig. 2 is a drawing, partly in section andpartly in elevation, showing the bag in section and the tying device inelevation. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section, much enlarged, showing theconstruction of my bale-tie. Figsml, 5, 6, 7, 8, and9 are drawings indetail to illustrate Figs. 10 and 11 are elevations of bags, showingslight modifications of the mode of attaching the bale-tie to the bag.Fig. 12 is a horizontal section showing one eyelet inserted in a fold ofthe bag instead of directly through from outside to inside, as shown inFigs. 1 and 2; and Fig. 13 is an enlarged view in perspective, showingthe exact construction of the hooking and clasping device of mybale-tie.

In the drawings, A, Figs. 1 and 2, represents a bag, in which two holes,A A", are made at a short distance from each other, but both in the samevertical line, as indicated in the drawings. Through the openings A A Ipass a cord, B, Fig. 1,which is tied at B, Figs; 1 and 2, so as to forma link, as shown in Fig. 2. The object of thus forming the cord B into alink or loop is to be enabled to raise or lower the tying-pointsthat is,the knot B'and thus adjust it to that part of the neck of the bag thatcorresponds to the amount of the con tents-that is, if the bag is fullthe knot B may be raised up to the hole A, while if the bag is not fullthe knot B may be lowered toward the hole A The mode of attaching thecord or strap B is made into a knot, C, Fig. 3.

B to the bag may be modified, first, as shown in Fig. lO-that is, bytying it around abridgepiece, a, which is made fast to the bag, as shownat a a second, as shown in Fig. 11, by attaching it to a loop-piece, b,which is connected by ear-pieces I) Z) to thebag; and, third, as shownin Fig. 12, by attaching it to alooppiece, 0, which may pass througheyelets A, inserted in a fold, A of the bag. If desirable, the cord B Bmay form the loop I) or c of Figs. 11 and 12.

The ends B B of the cord may be passed directly around the neck of thebag and tied; but for convenience I have devised a mechanism forconnecting the ends of the cord in a manner that admits of almostinstantaneous connection or disconnection,which I will now proceed todescribe.

Referring to Fig. 3, Oisaloop, ofplate metal, attached to the end Notthe cord, and also embracing the last bar 0 of the barred link D,whichis provided with aseries of openings, E E, for receiving the spring-hookN of the clasp H. (See Figs. 1, 2, and 3.) The clasp H is attached tothe end B of the cord at K, Figs. 1, 2, and 3. The metallic loop 0 isformed by bending up a plate of metal, first shaped as shown in Fig. 4.This plate has holes C C, which coincide when the loop is formed, andtogether serve as a fastening-place for the end B of the cord, which atthis point The opening S, Fig. 4, serves (when the loop is formed andconnected to the first bar 0 of the barredlink D) to receive the smallstop S on the bar 0, which admits of the barred link D being turned backa limited distance, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 3.

The clasp, Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 13, consist of aplate made in the formindicated in Fig. 7. This plate H has two holes, L L,which receive arivet when it is folded. (See Fig. 13.) This plate H, when folded,embraces the spring-piece P, Fig. 9, which has a rivet-hole, h, throughwhich the rivet that passes through the holes L L also passes, and thusthe spring-piece is held in place by the same rivet (at L, Figs. 3 and13) that holds the folds of the plate H to gether.

The hook N, Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 13, is first formed of a flat plate, asshown at Fig. 6, and

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W. N. WHITELEY & R. BROWN.

GRAIN BINDER.

N0. 377,093. Patented Jan. 81, 1888.

